A hacker organization linked to Israel claimed it destroyed the data of Iran's state-owned Sepah Bank on the 17th (local time).
The hacker organization Gonjeshke Darande said on that day on X (formerly Twitter), “We conducted a cyberattack that destroyed the Sepah Bank data of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),” and added, “Sepah Bank has been an institution that, by circumventing international sanctions, has funded the regime's terrorist proxies and ballistic missile programs with the money of the Iranian people.” It further noted, “This is what happens to an institution devoted to maintaining a dictator's terrorist delusions.”
The group also expressed gratitude to the brave Iranians who made this operation possible, claiming that local Iranians were involved in the hacking attack.
The Times of Israel reported that Sepah Bank services were suspended that morning. Gonjeshke Darande claims to be behind recent cyberattacks on Iran's oil facilities and steel mills, and the outlet described its connection to Israel. Iran's largest state-owned bank, Sepah Bank, is included on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanctions list due to its links to nuclear and missile programs.